Corn State first slogan on Iowa license plates in 1953
The 1953 Iowa license plate carried The Corn State slogan, used in 1954 and 1955 with date tags. Des Moines officials and Anamosa inmate workers discuss slogan ideas, with production for 1985 plates likely late summer. Iowa State Industries manufactures plates, including North Dakota under contract, which bears Peace Garden State.
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Iowa
Jim Mayer
Anamosa
Corn State
Des Moines
David Belin
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa State Industries
Iowa State Men's Reformatory
IDOT
Tom Stelzer
United States
Stelzer
North Dakota
Peace Garden State
Gambler given probation in Johnson County court
Don C. Ellis of Solon received a one year deferred sentence on gaming and betting charges in Johnson County District Court. He pleaded guilty after being indicted with eight others in a federal probe into an illegal bookmaking operation run between May 1981 and November 1982.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Don C. Ellis
Solon
Ellis
Wilke’s
Wright St
Tripoli officer faces drug charge in Waterloo
Thomas Bergmann 23 of Waverly, a Tripoli police officer, was arrested on a warrant for delivery of hashish after an undercover Waterloo agent confrontation. He was held on $5,000 bond in Waterloo City Jail and had planned to resign to join Shell Rock police next week. The alleged sale occurred February 11 in a Hawkeye Institute of Technology parking lot while he studied police science.
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Waterloo
Tripoli
Thomas Bergmann
Waverly
Bergmann
Shell Rock
Iowa
Hawkeye
Fort Madison man pays price for hot quarter incident
Fort Madison 21 year old Dik Haendler pleaded guilty in magistrate court to assault after passing a heated quarter to tollkeeper Harold Carr at the Santa Fe bridge on June 6. Haendler owes $75 plus court costs for the incident and police have not determined how the coin was heated.
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Fort Madison Man
Fort Madison
Iowa
Dik Haendler
Haendler
Harold Carr
Montrose
Santa Fe Bridge
Cedar River Islands on agenda for Quasqueton meeting
The State Preserves Advisory Board will meet at Cedar Rock near Quasqueton at 8:30 a.m. on June 21 to discuss Cedar River islands as potential preserves, hear a Mines of Spain progress report near Dubuque, and plan a prairie week in Iowa. After lunch, board members and Iowa Conservation Commission staff will canoe the Maquoketa River to inspect preserve sites.
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Quasqueton
State Preserves Advisory Board
Cedar Rock
Cedar River
Mines
Spain
Dubuque
Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
Maquoketa River
Iowa Public Television weighs $6 million building drive
Iowa Public Television reviews a feasibility study on launching a fund drive to build a $6 million studio and headquarters after Pioneer Hybrid International donates seven acres in Johnston. If $3 million is not raised by Aug 31, 1984 the land reverts to Pioneer. The plan includes a $4.7 million office and production building and a $1.3 million 350 seat auditorium.
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Judy Daubenmier
Jazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa Public Television Network
State Educational Radio and Television Facility Board
Larry Patten
Iowa Public Television
Pioneer Hybrid International
Johnston
Pioneer
Patten
Iowa
Foster care continues for Bobbi Jo Kirkwood in Iowa City
Five year old Bobbi Jo Kirkwood will remain in foster care under Johnson County social services supervision after Juvenile Court Judge Brent Harstad endorsed the department’s plan. A progress report is due Sept. 16 with a reconvened review. The case involves her mother, Tami Marie Gilson, who faces termination of parental rights and had probation violations tied to custody. The Press Citizen sought openness in the proceedings and the court will hear July 8 oral arguments on whether the termination hearing should be opened.
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Ann Mittman
Hngon County
Iowa City
Bobbi Jo Kirkwood
Johnson County Department of Social Services
6Th Judicial District Juvenile Court
Brent Harstad
Harstad
County Social Services Department
Bobbi Jo
Tami Marie Gilson
Gilson
Texas
Johnson County
San Antonio
Iowa
Iowa reforms reshape Commerce Commission with consumer advocate
Iowa Commerce Commission begins a two year transition under a new reform law. The consumer advocate's office will appeal Commission decisions, replacing the old Commerce Counsel. Philip Stoffregen named general counsel with a 45352 salary. A consumer advisory council will replace the existing round table, with governor appointments expected by July 1.
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DES Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission
Commerce Counsel
Commission
James Maret
Philip E. Stoffregen
Stoffregen
Consumer Advisory Council
Susan Neely
Terry Branstad
Ex-C R man loses real estate license in Iowa action
The Iowa Real Estate Commission revoked the license of a former Cedar Rapids man, Charles J. Clarke III, after a hearing in which he did not appear. The decision cites a Johnson County court ruling finding Clarke intentionally misrepresented a partnership, violated securities laws, and committed fraud, deeming him unfit to be a real estate broker.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Real Estate Commission
Cedar Rapids
Charles J. Clarke III
Clarke
Johnson County
Seriestersbachs
Body in Illinois not Johnny Gosch
West Des Moines officials said a decomposed body found in Lake County Illinois is not Johnny Gosch. The Lake County Coroner and West Des Moines Police confirm dental records do not match. Investigators continue the Gosch disappearance probe after Illinois dental comparison.
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West Des Moines
Lake County
Ill
Johnny Gosch
Lyle Kinney
Gosch
Illinois
Kinney
Haig accuses USSR of new strategic weapons tests
Secretary of State Alexander Haig said the Soviet Union conducted a series of strategic weapons tests and challenged Moscow’s pledge not to be the first to use nuclear arms.
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Alexander Haig
Soviet Union
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Bach
Stub Connor
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Coe College
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